On my second listen. Troy's voice sounds pretty good, and the riffs are awesome! :rocker:

masterguy49

07-25-2011, 12:09 PM

Either I'm really high or this song is fucking awesome.
Or both :horns:

MPF

07-25-2011, 12:22 PM

This is.....GLORIOUS!

jd091

07-25-2011, 12:52 PM

Eh...

Hum...

Meh...

I hope the rest of the album is better.

IrritatedTrout

07-25-2011, 01:00 PM

It's pretty good. It didn't grab me right away but I'm liking it more with each listen. Drums are great, vocals have definitely improved, and the riffs are good although not quite as good as a lot of their other songs IMO.

masterguy49

07-25-2011, 01:02 PM

Eh...

Hum...

Meh...

I hope the rest of the album is better.
:finger2:
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street_burial

07-25-2011, 01:07 PM

It's pretty good. It didn't grab me right away but I'm liking it more with each listen. Drums are great, vocals have definitely improved, and the riffs are good although not quite as good as a lot of their other songs IMO.

this

jd091

07-25-2011, 01:19 PM

:finger2:
G
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F
O

:ass: You must just be very stoned.

bt11763

07-25-2011, 01:27 PM

feelin' it

llama lom

07-25-2011, 01:30 PM

Not bad. I'll probably give the rest of the album a listen.

HandOfDoom

07-25-2011, 01:45 PM

Me likes.

TonyD

07-25-2011, 01:50 PM

I'm not terribly impressed either, just 2 listens and one song though so I'll hold judgement.

daimonos

07-25-2011, 01:58 PM

I dig it. Quite alot, actually.

mastodon421

07-25-2011, 02:43 PM

Eh...

Hum...

Meh...

I hope the rest of the album is better.

GTFO Emmure fan;)

jd091

07-25-2011, 03:39 PM

GTFO Emmure fan;)

:D Hey, I want more of a Leviathan/Remission sound here. They lied to us. It's just kind of a stripped-down Crack the Skye from my impressions. It's slow, but not slow and heavy. Or at least not as slow/heavy as their good slow/heavy stuff, like March of the Fire Ants or Trilobite. That's what I want. This... I don't know. It's lacking the crazy arpeggios/progginess of what I like in Blood Mountain, but it doesn't crush the room like a 10 ton gorilla. It's just... meh.

Hopefully they have some more punk-ish, must-circle-pit crazy fast songs, in the vein of Capillarian Crest or Aqua Dementia.

slapguitarer

07-25-2011, 04:03 PM

:D Hey, I want more of a Leviathan/Remission sound here. They lied to us. It's just kind of a stripped-down Crack the Skye from my impressions. It's slow, but not slow and heavy. Or at least not as slow/heavy as their good slow/heavy stuff, like March of the Fire Ants or Trilobite. That's what I want. This... I don't know. It's lacking the crazy arpeggios/progginess of what I like in Blood Mountain, but it doesn't crush the room like a 10 ton gorilla. It's just... meh.

Hopefully they have some more punk-ish, must-circle-pit crazy fast songs, in the vein of Capillarian Crest or Aqua Dementia.

This is just one of fourteen tracks, so I'm sure you'll get what you want.

larvtard

07-26-2011, 08:09 AM

Absolutely love that first riff, and that middle section with the sweet solo. Troy's vocals are way too weird for me, though. When he sings "I cut off my tongue," he sounds exactly like someone else, but I can't place it at the moment.

KillerCannabis

07-26-2011, 08:48 AM

One quick listen off You Tube and I can already say I love it. Troy's vocals sound great and I love the riffage. Reminds me of something off Leviathan.

I think Brann's singing? It doesn't even sound like Mastodon with him singing.

Not what I was expecting, but I like it!

Dissimulate

08-15-2011, 01:08 PM

New song is good, but isn't what we were promised: heavy. I'm hoping they're just releasing the more accessible songs as singles. If the whole album is like the new song then I won't be disappointed, or amazed, but if most of the album is like Deathbound then this might be album of the year.

TonyD

08-15-2011, 01:23 PM

They set expectations way to high by including references to Led Zeppelin and Leviathan (the album that everyone likes/agrees is their best) when talking about it in interviews. That said I like the first 2 songs, but I'm not in love with them.

Northern_Shaman

08-15-2011, 01:39 PM

Definitely Brent singing. I like the song, but I'm still waiting eagerly for the rest of the material.. These probably are the two more "accessible" songs, as someone said.

DethMaiden

08-15-2011, 01:40 PM

The "inaccessible" songs on Crack the Skye were bloated wankfests, though, so let's bew careful about saying it's a good thing that these are the accessible ones.

Northern_Shaman

08-15-2011, 02:05 PM

The "inaccessible" songs on Crack the Skye were bloated wankfests, though, so let's bew careful about saying it's a good thing that these are the accessible ones.

Fair enough, but I should clarify - I mean nothing negative by calling these accessible. After a few more listens, I'm actually quite fond of 'Curl of the Burl.' Different, but killer. Stoked for the album - even more stoked for them to tour for it!

MPF

08-15-2011, 02:08 PM

Sounds like Brent and Brann singing.

I really, really like it.

mastodon421

08-15-2011, 03:27 PM

I've listened to it a couple of times, it's pretty good. It's still just really odd to me, it's just not a Mastodon-type song.

slapguitarer

08-15-2011, 09:36 PM

I only listened to it once, but I'm not digging Curl The Burl. It's just too "accessible" for me. I hope this is the only song of this nature on The Hunter. I definitely prefer Black Tongue.

jd091

08-15-2011, 09:42 PM

I used to be the biggest Mastodon fan. Hell, Leviathan might be the second most influential album to me, ever. But I am not feeling any of these new songs. None. I'm just worried if there's gonna be ANY songs I like on it. Shit...

HandOfDoom

08-16-2011, 04:50 AM

Very different, hard rockish, still, I like it, but prefer Black Tongue.

SomewhereInTime72

08-17-2011, 11:13 PM

I like this much better than either of their last 2 albums' material.

powerslave_85

08-17-2011, 11:29 PM

Ok, I wasn't sure the first time I heard it, but this fucking rules.

brutal_descent

08-18-2011, 01:29 AM

I'm willing to bet that Mastodon's next tour will be a US tour supporting The Hunter.

MPF

08-18-2011, 01:33 AM

I'm willing to bet that Mastodon's next tour will be a US tour supporting The Hunter.

Brian Fantana: 80% of time it works, every time.
Ron Burgundy: That doesn't make any sense, Brian

*Sarcasm

christopher

08-18-2011, 01:59 AM

I'm willing to bet that Mastodon's next tour will be a US tour supporting The Hunter.

Really? Shit, I would have never guessed!!:wow:

mastodon421

08-18-2011, 04:56 AM

I'm willing to bet that Mastodon's next tour will be a US tour supporting The Hunter.